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To: ealgeone; G Larry
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Colossians 1:13-14 He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Born again/born from above believers are already in heaven with Christ in the spiritual realm.

When we die, the body is gone, along with the old sin nature and all that is left is the new man which is without sin and already seated in the heavenly places with Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 2:1-10 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

74 posted on 05/10/2017 2:10:29 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

Don’t forget the bodily Resurrection!

Though that is admittedly one of my big pet peeves, people forgetting the kind of resurrection that Jesus promises and calling it only spiritual. So no accusations or contradictions, just my own personal chiming in!


77 posted on 05/10/2017 2:33:02 PM PDT by Luircin
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To: metmom

Addendum: Never said that YOU were forgetting anything, just making the bodily resurrection more explicit because it’s one of my favorite things to talk about.


78 posted on 05/10/2017 2:34:10 PM PDT by Luircin
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